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The 6th Illinois Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.




Service


The 6th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Butler, Illinois, on November 19, 1861. The regiment mustered out on November 20, 1865.




Total strength and casualties


The regiment suffered 5 officers and 60 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 8 officers and 328 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 401
fatalities.




Personnel


Major Arno Voss – reassigned to 12th Illinois Cavalry February 1, 1862
Colonel Thomas H. Cavanaugh – resigned March 28, 1862.
Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson – promoted to brigadier general June 3, 1863.
Colonel Matthew H. Starr – died of wounds October 1, 1864.
Colonel John Lynch – mustered out with the regiment.




See also


List of Illinois Civil War Units
Illinois in the American Civil War
Lizzie Aiken, Civil War Nurse




Notes






References


The Civil War Archive

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